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Beyoncé gives super rare interview ahead of Super Bowl 50

On the same day that she dropped her commanding track "Formation" and a middle finger-filled video to match, Beyoncé did something else that made the music world stop in its tracks: She gave an interview.

The notoriously private singer, who hasn't given a televised interview in years and has not tweeted since August 2013, talked to CBS about the Super Bowl Halftime Show ahead of Sunday's Coldplay-headlined show, where she'll perform along with Bruno Mars.

Reminiscing on her blowout 2013 performance in New Orleans — when she tore through hits like "Crazy in Love" and "Halo" and reunited with Destiny's Child in a performance so powerful that many thought it was responsible for the Superdome's 35-minute blackout — the singer said "I knew I had to make the best of the moment."

“It’s one of those magical performances you can’t recreate,” Beyoncé said. “I wanted it to be something iconic and something that people would never forget.”

Hamish Hamilton, who directed that performance and will direct Sunday's show as well, said Beyoncé “can be a very benevolent dictator, she can also be a wonderful collaborator... She has such ambition to be perfect, to be the best that you just get swept up along in that.”

While there's no official word, it's highly likely that Beyoncé will perform the Mike Will Made It-produced "Formation," her first new track since 2014, on Sunday. But one question remains: Will Coldplay be able to keep up?

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